WHAT HAPPENED. BOB! 3 3 3 THE VICTIM WAS A POPULAR STUDENT, AND FOOTBALL PLAYER, HERE AT CONNELLSVILLE BUT HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH, WHILE HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS. 17-YEAR-OLD DARRELL ROSS WAS A JUNIOR AT CONNELSVILLE HIGH...A WIDE RECEIVER ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM...AND HIS COACH SAID, THE TEEN, COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM. 3 COACH DAVID MCDONALD, WAS VERY CLOSE TO ROSS, LIKE MANY OTHERS IN TOWN: THE TEEN'S GRANDFATHER, IS THE MAYOR OF SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE.POLICE FOUND HIM CLOSE TO 7 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT...SHOT IN THE HEAD, IN AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM OF THIS HOUSE ON MURRAY AVENUE IN UNIONTOWN.AUTHORITIES SAY HE'D BEEN THERE, WITH A LARGE GROUP OF TEENS, AND ADULTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY ONE OF THOSE ADULTS -- 20-YEAR-OLD HASANI SIMPKINS, WAS THE SHOOTER: THEY FOUND HIM, HIDING BEHIND HEDGES NEAR THE HOUSE. SIMPKINS ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO FIRING THE GUN, WHILE POINTING IT AT ROSS THEN THROWING THE STOLEN WEAPON ON THE GROUND, AND WAITING FOR POLICE TO FIND HIM. WHAT'S NOT CLEAR, IS WHETHER THE DEADLY SHOT WAS FIRED BY ACCIDENT, OR ON PURPOSE.EITHER WAY HIS DEATH, SENT A SHOCK, THROUGH STUDENTS AT CONNELLSVILLE HIGH. 3 THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS MANY OF ROSS'S FRIENDS DIDN'T COME TO SCHOOL TODAY; THOSE THAT DID, WERE ALLOWED TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF IN CLASS. SIMPKINS IS IN THE FAYETTE COUNTY JAIL, FACING 3 CHARGES INCLUDING HOMICIDE. IN CONNELLSVILLE, BH CHANNEL 4 ACTION NEWS.